Juliette Cornileau WFM

Hi Juliette!

You have a dynamic, tactical style that scores lots of quick wins—your miniature against awolknight (Bf7# on move 7!) is a perfect example:

What you’re already doing well

• Tactical vision: You spot loose pieces and opportunities to win material (e.g. 15.Bxa8 vs mir1970).
• Opening courage: Early central pawn breaks (d4/e5 ideas in the Philidor) show good fighting spirit.
• Decisive finishes: When the initiative is yours you can convert very fast—see your high mid-game conversion rate on
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Key areas to improve

1. Time management
   Five of your last six losses were on time. Bullet rewards intuition, but you are still spending ~4-7 s on many moves while opponents premove.
   • Build a reliable premove repertoire for obvious recaptures and checks.
   • Practice “chunking” positions in puzzles so decisions become automatic.
   • Play a few 3 | 2 games each day; the increment trains you to move faster without blundering.
2. Early queen adventures
   Several losses start with Qh5/Qd5/Qb5+ (e.g. vs myominthant7048, lforssage). Against accurate defence the queen loses tempi and you fall behind in development.
   • Before moving the queen ask, “Will this force a concession or simply give my opponent tempo?”
   • Try the classic rule: Develop knights and bishops before bringing the queen out.
3. King safety in the Scandinavian & Philidor
   Games with …Qd4 or …Qd5 left your king stuck in the centre. Review these openings from a model game and aim for quick castling.
   • For the Scandinavian, consider the solid 3…Qa5 line instead of 3…Qd4.
   • In the Philidor, remember the thematic break …d5 to free your position.
4. Handling opposite-wing pawn storms
   Against the KIA loss to Kiron P Mullamkuzhi you advanced flank pawns without coordinating pieces, and the counter-attack hit first.
   • Follow the principle “Advance pawns on the side where you are stronger”.
   • Use prophylactic moves (h3, a3) before pushing major pawn storms.

Training plan for the next two weeks

1. Daily 10-minute tactics set—focus on zwischenzug and forks (see fork).
2. Play 20 bullet games, but annotate one each day. Look for a faster alternative in every move that took >3 s.
3. Study one model Scandinavian and one Philidor game from a GM database; write the key move-order notes.
4. Shadow-boxing drill: set a timer to 20 s and solve mate-in-2 positions—this builds speed without relying on premove.

Progress tracker

Your current peak ratings:

• Bullet: 2092 (2025-05-15)
• Blitz: 2266 (2024-07-16)

Check the win-rate trend on different days:

Quick reminders

• Use the opening tab on Chess.com to bookmark favourite lines—you’ll cut down early think-time.
• Trust your instincts in bullet; if you feel unsure, move the safest piece to a safe square rather than hunting perfection.
• Review every loss within 10 minutes while memories are fresh—particularly the critical moment where the evaluation swung.

Keep up the attacking chess, Juliette, and sharpen these practical skills—you’ll break your next rating barrier soon!